List of countries by labour force

This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook.

Rank	Country/Region	Labour force	Date of information
—	World	3,312,265,000	—
1	China	797,600,000	2013 est.
2	India	487,300,000	2013 est.
—	European Union	228,600,000	2013 est.
3	United States	155,400,000	2013 est.
4	Indonesia	120,000,000	2013 est.
5	Brazil	107,300,000	2013 est.
6	Bangladesh	78,620,000	2013 est.
7	Russia	75,290,000	2013 est.
8	Japan	65,620,000	2013 est.
9	Pakistan	59,210,000	2012 est.
10	Vietnam	52,930,000	2013 est.
11	Nigeria	51,530,000	2011 est.
12	Mexico	51,480,000	2013 est.
13	Ethiopia	45,650,000	2013 est.
14	Germany	44,200,000	2013 est.
15	Philippines	41,330,000	2013 est.
16	Thailand	39,380,000	2013 est.
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35,180,000	2013 est.
18	Myanmar	34,130,000	2013 est.
19	United Kingdom	30,760,000	ONS 2014 (October)
20	France	29,940,000	2013 est.
21	Turkey	27,910,000	2013 est.
22	Iran	27,720,000	2013 est.
23	Egypt	27,690,000	2013 est.
24	South Korea	25,860,000	2013 est.
25	Italy	25,740,000	2013 est.
26	Tanzania	25,590,000	2013 est.
27	Colombia	23,750,000	2013 est.
28	Spain	23,200,000	2013 est.
29	Ukraine	22,170,000	2013 est.
30	Kenya	19,670,000	2013 est.
31	Canada	19,080,000	2013 est.
32	South Africa	18,540,000	2013 est.
33	Poland	18,220,000	2013 est.
34	Uganda	17,400,000	2013 est.
35	Argentina	17,320,000	2013 est.
36	Uzbekistan	16,990,000	2013 est.
37	Peru	16,160,000	2012 est.
38	Nepal	16,000,000	2011 est.
39	Venezuela	14,010,000	2013 est.
40	Malaysia	13,190,000	2013 est.
41	North Korea	12,600,000	2012 est.
42	Australia	12,440,000	2013 est.
43	Ghana	12,070,000	2013 est.
44	Sudan	11,920,000	2007 est.
45	Morocco	11,730,000	2013 est.
—	Taiwan	11,550,000	2013 est.
46	Algeria	11,150,000	2013 est.
47	Mozambique	10,550,000	2013 est.
48	Madagascar	9,504,000	2007
49	Romania	9,451,000	2013 est.
50	Kazakhstan	9,022,000	2013 est.
51	Angola	9,018,000	2013 est.
52	Iraq	8,900,000	2010 est.
53	Sri Lanka	8,528,000	2013 est.
54	Cameroon	8,426,000	2013 est.
55	Saudi Arabia	8,412,000	2013 est.
56	Chile	8,367,000	2013 est.
57	Netherlands	7,939,000	2013 est.
58	Côte d'Ivoire	7,928,000	2013 est.
59	Cambodia	7,900,000	2011 est.
60	Afghanistan	7,512,000	2012 est.
61	Yemen	7,100,000	2013 est.
62	Ecuador	6,953,000	2013 est.
63	Burkina Faso	6,668,000	2007
64	Zambia	6,275,000	2013 est.
65	Senegal	6,096,000	2013 est.
66	Malawi	5,747,000	2007 est.
67	Guinea	5,409,000	2013 est.
68	Portugal	5,395,000	2013 est.
69	Czech Republic	5,304,000	2013 est.
70	Cuba	5,233,000	2013 est.
71	Belgium	5,150,000	2013 est.
72	Sweden	5,107,000	2013 est.
73	Syria	5,014,000	2013 est.
74	Belarus	5,000,000	2009
75	Switzerland	4,976,000	2013 est.
76	Bolivia	4,992,000	2012 est.
77	Greece	4,918,000	2013 est.
78	Dominican Republic	4,912,000	2013 est.
79	Haiti	4,810,000	2010 est.
80	Niger	4,688,000	2007
81	Azerbaijan	4,680,000	2012 est.
82	United Arab Emirates	4,588,000	2013 est.
83	Guatemala	4,465,000	2013 est.
84	Rwanda	4,446,000	2007
85	Chad	4,293,000	2007
86	Hungary	4,263,000	2013 est.
87	Burundi	4,245,000	2007
88	Papua New Guinea	4,077,000	2013 est.
89	Tunisia	3,974,000	2013 est.
90	Zimbabwe	3,939,000	2013 est.
—	Hong Kong	3,873,000	2013 est.
91	Austria	3,737,000	2013 est.
92	Benin	3,662,000	2007 est.
93	Honduras	3,507,000	2013 est.
94	Israel	3,493,000	2013 est.
95	Somalia	3,447,000	2007
96	Singapore	3,444,000	2013 est.
97	Laos	3,337,000	2013 est.
98	Mali	3,241,000	2007 est.
99	Paraguay	3,190,000	2013 est.
100	Nicaragua	3,039,000	2013 est.
101	Eritrea	2,955,000	2012 est.
102	Republic of the Congo	2,890,000	2011 est.
103	Denmark	2,795,000	2013 est.
104	El Salvador	2,738,000	2013 est.
105	Slovakia	2,727,000	2013 est.
106	Norway	2,707,000	2014 est.
107	Finland	2,685,000	2013 est.
108	Togo	2,595,000	2007
109	Bulgaria	2,551,000	2013 est.
110	New Zealand	2,413,000	2013 est.
111	Kuwait	2,380,000	2013 est.
112	Kyrgyzstan	2,344,000	2007
113	Turkmenistan	2,300,000	2008 est.
114	Costa Rica	2,222,000	2013 est.
115	Tajikistan	2,209,000	2013 est.
116	Sierra Leone	2,207,000	2007 est.
117	Ireland	2,161,000	2013 est.
118	Central African Republic	2,082,000	2011 est.
119	Georgia	1,959,000	2011 est.
120	Jordan	1,898,000	2013 est.
121	Croatia	1,715,000	2013 est.
122	Serbia	1,703,000	2013 est.
123	Uruguay	1,700,000	2013 est.
124	Libya	1,644,000	2013 est.
125	Panama	1,540,000	2013 est.
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,490,000	2012 est.
127	Lebanon	1,481,000	2007 est.
128	Lithuania	1,452,000	2013 est.
129	Qatar	1,424,000	2013 est.
130	Armenia	1,394,000	2013 est.
131	Liberia	1,372,000	2007
132	Mauritania	1,318,000	2007
133	Botswana	1,308,000	2013 est.
—	Puerto Rico	1,300,000	2012
134	Jamaica	1,261,000	2013 est.
135	Moldova	1,327,000	2013 est.
136	Albania	1,090,000	2013 est.
137	Mongolia	1,068,000	2011 est.
—	West Bank	1,025,000	2013 est.
138	Latvia	1,022,000	2013 est.
139	Oman	968,800	2007
140	Macedonia	960,700	2013 est.
141	Slovenia	913,400	2013 est.
142	Namibia	880,400	2013 est.
143	Lesotho	874,200	2013 est.
—	Kosovo	800,000	2011 est.
144	Gambia	777,100	2007
145	Bahrain	716,500	2013 est.
146	Estonia	692,900	2013 est.
147	Mauritius	637,600	2013 est.
148	Guinea-Bissau	632,700	2007
149	Gabon	629,100	2013 est.
150	Trinidad and Tobago	621,000	2013 est.
151	Cyprus	443,500	2013 est.
152	Swaziland	424,100	2011 est.
152	Timor-Leste	418,200	2009
—	Macau	367,800	2013 est.
—	Gaza Strip	348,200	2010 est.
153	Bhutan	336,400	2012
154	Fiji	335,000	2007 est.
155	Guyana	313,100	2009 est.
156	Djibouti	294,600	2012
157	Montenegro	251,300	2011 est.
158	Comoros	233,500	2011 est.
159	Luxembourg	208,800	2013 est.
160	Brunei	205,800	2011 est.
161	Solomon Islands	202,500	2007
162	Bahamas	196,900	2013 est.
163	Cape Verde	196,100	2007
164	Equatorial Guinea	195,200	2007
165	Malta	190,400	2013 est.
166	Iceland	181,100	2013 est.
167	Suriname	165,600	2007
168	Maldives	159,700	2012
—	Western Sahara	144,000	2010 est.
169	Barbados	141,800	2013 est.
170	Belize	120,500	2008 est.
—	French Polynesia	116,000	2007
171	Vanuatu	115,900	2007
—	New Caledonia	106,400	2010
172	Saint Lucia	79,700	2012
—	Curaçao	73,100	2013
—	Guam	69,390	2010 est.
173	Grenada	59,900	2013 est.
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520	2007 est.
—	Jersey	53,380	2012
175	Sao Tome and Principe	52,490	2007
176	Monaco	52,490	2012 est.
—	Aruba	51,610	2007 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	49,820	2007 est.
177	Samoa	47,930	2011 est.
—	Isle of Man	41,790	2006
178	Tonga	39,960	2007
179	Seychelles	39,560	2006
—	Cayman Islands	39,000	2007
—	Northern Mariana Islands	38,450	2005 est.
—	Bermuda	37,400	2011
180	Andorra	36,060	2012
181	Liechtenstein	35,830	2012
—	Faroe Islands	34,710	2010
—	Guernsey	31,470	2006
182	Antigua and Barbuda	30,000	1991
—	Greenland	28,600	2011
183	Dominica	25,000	2000 est.
—	Sint Maarten	23,200	2008 est.
184	San Marino	21,960	2013
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170	1995
—	American Samoa	17,630	2005
—	Saint Martin	17,300	N/A
186	Federated States of Micronesia	15,920	2022
—	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004
—	Gibraltar	12,690	2001
187	Marshall Islands	10,480	2011 est.
188	Palau	9,777	2005
189	Kiribati	7,870	2001
—	Cook Islands	6,820	2001
—	Anguilla	6,049	2001
—	Falkland Islands	5,246	2006
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848	1990 est.
—	Montserrat	4,521	2012
190	Tuvalu	3,615	2004 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450	2006
—	Wallis and Futuna	3,104	2003
191	Vatican City	2,832	2011
—	Saint Helena	2,486	1998 est.
—	Svalbard	1,234	2003
—	Norfolk Island	978	2006
—	Niue	663	2001
—	Tokelau	440	2001
—	Pitcairn Islands	15	2004

Notes

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.